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winter's bark

NOUN
  1. aromatic bark having tonic and stimulant properties
  2. South American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswood

How To Use winter's bark In A Sentence

  • _coccineum_; two new kinds of berberis, (BERBERIS _ilicifolia et mitior_;) an arbutus with cuspidated leaves (ARBUTUS _mucronata_;) and lastly, the tree bearing the winter's bark (DRYMIS _winteri_,) which, however, in these rocky barren parts of Terra del Fuego never exceeds the size of a tolerable shrub; whereas in Success Bay, on a gentle sloping ground, in a rich and deep soil, it grows to the size of the largest timber. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14
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